Nuclear Engineering

Nuclear Engineering: Career, Placements and Education Information

What is Nuclear Engineering?

In the nuclear energy program, students are taught about the fundamentals of nuclear processes such as radiation measurement, their production, and interactions. Students also get to learn about radiation treatment and imaging for medical and industrial applications as well as radiation detection and measurement. Students acquire knowledge about the execution of plans with an aim to make the nuclear reactors more efficient and effective.

Where to study?

Indian Institute of Technology (Kanpur and Chennai)

SRM University, Chennai

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University

Scope of Nuclear Engineering?

Nuclear engineers are engaged in the designing, construction as well as the operation of nuclear reactors. They play a vital role in determining how radiation and radioactive materials could be used for industrial, medical and scientific purposes.

Nuclear engineers play an important role in designing and creating the processes, instrumentation, equipment and systems that contain nuclear materials used in different kinds of industries.

Nuclear engineers are increasingly employed to oversee the construction of nuclear power plants and ensure that the nuclear reactor being correctly installed. They also see that nuclear fuel is loaded properly.